Browse your next #kidlit read with the 49thKids Summer Reading List. Thanks for including ONE COSMIC ROCK, @49thshelf.bsky.social! The full list: kids.49thshelf.com/Lists/Kids-M.... @dreamist.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social #CANkidlit

Emotionally deep stories grab readers’ attention and encourage them to care about the characters and their world. If you want to deep-dive into how to get your characters’ emotions on the page, please join us for this 4-week workshop for kidlit novelists. Info: www.whalerockworkshops.com/feelingit

I’m excited to share the cover of my #middlegrade #versenovel, FOREVER FRIES, illustrated by @funeralbeat.bsky.social! This book is a powerful exploration of disordered eating recovery. Available for preorder. More: karenkrossing.com/forever-fries @orcabook.bsky.social @curtisbrownltd.bsky.social

Calling all young writers in the Richmond Hill area! I'll be hosting a WorkPlay Story Writing Workshop weekly from July 22 to August 12 at the Richvale Branch of the Richmond Hill Public Library, and I would love to see you there. Cost: $40. I can't wait! For details, click below.

WordPlay Story Writing Workshop (9–12 yrs)

Ages: 9–12 years Spark your imagination in this hands-on workshop with author Karen Krossing. You'll write your own mystery story, create fantastical worlds and the characters who live in them, and de...

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Sometimes clouds rain, and you can’t control it. That’s the theme behind my picture book THE CLOUD THAT STUCK. At an outdoor reading, the weather was the perfect backdrop. Thanks to the intrepid young readers and caregivers who came out in the rain! Thanks to @jgcanada.bsky.social for the photos! 🌧️📚

Hey, Hamilton area folks, please join me on June 25 for a storytime reading of THE CLOUD THAT STUCK! This is a public event, and we’ve planned activities for rain or shine. See you at Dundas Driving Park at 10:30 am! We’ll have some cloudy fun. 💨🌧️🌈📚 Thanks to Telling Tales and EarlyON for hosting!

MY STREET REMEMBERS, illustrated by #CathieJamieson, is a Best Book for Kids & Teens Spring 2026! Thanks to the Canadian Children’s Book Centre for including our book. Please check out this list of amazing reads: bookcentre.ca/pages/best-b... @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social

We are less than a week away from festivities of our watery themed double book launch!! @parentclub.bsky.social and I hope you will join us! All are welcome!! Mabel’s Fables 540 Mt Pleasant Rd June 23 6:30-8:30 @kidscanpress.bsky.social @commondeerpress.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social

I’m looking forward to this discussion with other authors from Canada Fiction Fest! @orcabook.bsky.social @westwoodcreative.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social

Canada Fiction Fest@canadafictionfest.bsky.social · 2mo ago

On June 23rd at 7:00pm EDT we have a general discussion panel. Register now for this session, and check our our full schedule at FictionFest.ca/events! #FictionFest #Canada #books

Hey, Hamilton area folks, please join me for a storytime at Dundas Driving Park in June 25 at 10:30 am! We’ll have some cloudy fun. 💨🌧️🌈📚

Check out ALL THE WATER ON EARTH, an awesome new nonfiction picture book from @rochellestrauss.bsky.social!

Rochelle Strauss@rochellestrauss.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy Book Birthday to All the Water on Earth… I am so excited that my baby is finally out in the world!! Thank you @kidscanpress.bsky.social for making this book happen! @picturebookseh.bsky.social

KENZIE'S LITTLE TREE is a nominee for an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award in the Canada & North America division! Your support means so much! If you are a member of SCBWI and a fan of our book, please click on the link in my bio or DM me for the link to vote for KENZIE'S LITTLE TREE! #kidlit #CanKidLit

Happy book birthday to LOOKING AT THE SKY!!

Amanda West Lewis@awestlewis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I work in a number of different genres and media –– theatre, calligraphic book arts, literary arts. My books for young people are in various genres –– craft books, non-fiction books, picture books, poetry, middle grade, and YA fiction. "Looking at the Sky" combined then all.

Boosting!

Marilyn Petrokubi@mpetrokubi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Writers, teachers, reviewers, parents: You can learn to be less critical in your critiques. marilynpetrokubi.substack.com/p/critique-w... #writingcommunity #CRS #LizLerman @karenkrossing.com #critiquing #bookreview #childrearing #evaluations #performancereview #criticism

New blog! "The Unlikely Origin of a Book about Gratitude and Delight" by @sharigreen.bsky.social "I sat down to write a joyful little post about savouring the simple pleasures in life, but instead, I’m drawn to share the very personal origin story of Savor the Day." #picturebooks #kidlit #CANkidlit

The Unlikely Origin of a Book about Gratitude and Delight, by Shari Green

Cover for Savor the Day, by Shari Green, illustrated by Gabby Grant (Sleeping Bear Press)

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Thanks to @owlkids.bsky.social for hosting @dreamist.bsky.social and me on Creator Corner! #picturebook #STEM #kidlit #CANkidlit

Creator Corner: Author Karen Krossing and Illustrator Julia Vasileva - Owlkids Books

Welcome to Creator Corner, a blog series where we interview the creators of our recent and upcoming books. For this post, we interviewed One Cosmic Rock author Karen Krossing and illustrator Julia Vas...

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Thoughts on community, responsibility, and why I love this community. We are not crud. saraharonson.substack.com/p/look-what-...

Look what you are capable of!

Crud free enthusiasm.

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Tonight! 📚❤️📚❤️📚❤️

Karen Krossing@karenkrossing.com · 3mo ago

NEXT WEEK: We’re having a picture book launch party! Join us at Mabel’s Fables as we celebrate our books: SAMINA GOES TO A WEDDING, ONE COSMIC ROCK, and THE CLOUD THAT STUCK. May 4, 6:30-8:30PM Mabel’s Fables 540 Mount Pleasant Rd Toronto @doroleung.bsky.social @faridazaman.bsky.social #kidlit

Happy May Day! This month's issue of Margin Notes is all about perspective--looking at people and places from a new vantage point. It includes some picture books that will zoom your back in time and out into space 🌎 #picturebooks #kidlit You can read it here: mailchi.mp/92192d0ff134...

NEXT WEEK: We’re having a picture book launch party! Join us at Mabel’s Fables as we celebrate our books: SAMINA GOES TO A WEDDING, ONE COSMIC ROCK, and THE CLOUD THAT STUCK. May 4, 6:30-8:30PM Mabel’s Fables 540 Mount Pleasant Rd Toronto @doroleung.bsky.social @faridazaman.bsky.social #kidlit

📚​👍🏼​ Discover these new #kidlit Spring books! #CANkidkit @parentclub.bsky.social @susanhughes.bsky.social @heathercamlot.bsky.social @rochellestrauss.bsky.social @kevinheronjones.bsky.social @faridazaman.bsky.social @awestlewis.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow night!

Picture books, eh!@picturebookseh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hear Canadian creators read from their new picture books at the first Great Canadian Picture Book Party of 2026. Join the fun via Zoom on Monday, April 27 from 7-8:30pm ET. Sign up through CANSCAIP. If you're not a member, message picturebookseh@gmail.com for the link. #CANkidlit #kidlit

Please join us for family storytime tomorrow!

Karen Krossing@karenkrossing.com · 4mo ago

On April 25, please join us at Queen Books in Toronto for #CanadianIndieBookstoreDay! We'll be helping some of our favorite booksellers. Wherever you are, it's a good day to visit your indie. To find one near you: www.indiebookstores.ca/bookstores @indiebookstores.ca @charlesbridge.bsky.social

One Cosmic Rock is now a firm family favourite!!

Karen Krossing@karenkrossing.com · 4mo ago

Happy #EarthDay 2026! It's a good day to celebrate our evolutionary history with these #picturebooks: ONE TINY BUBBLE: The Story of Our Last Universal Common Ancestor. ONE COSMIC ROCK: The Story of the Asteroid that Changed Our World. @owlkids.bsky.social @dreamist.bsky.social #kidlit

Happy #EarthDay 2026! It's a good day to celebrate our evolutionary history with these #picturebooks: ONE TINY BUBBLE: The Story of Our Last Universal Common Ancestor. ONE COSMIC ROCK: The Story of the Asteroid that Changed Our World. @owlkids.bsky.social @dreamist.bsky.social #kidlit

Hooray! Tomorrow I get to start teaching my picture book revision workshop with wonderful writers! 📚🎉

Marilyn Petrokubi@mpetrokubi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I am so excited to start a new Children's Picture Book Workshop with author Karen Krossing 4/22, sponsored by Whale Rock Workshops. She just published her most recent book "The Cloud That Stuck." #kidlit #whalerock #writingcommunity @karenkrossing.com www.whalerockworkshops.com/picture-book...

On April 25, please join us at Queen Books in Toronto for #CanadianIndieBookstoreDay! We'll be helping some of our favorite booksellers. Wherever you are, it's a good day to visit your indie. To find one near you: www.indiebookstores.ca/bookstores @indiebookstores.ca @charlesbridge.bsky.social

Happy book birthday to THE CLOUD THAT STUCK! Have you ever had a cloud that just wouldn’t leave? Written by me, illustrated by @doroleung.bsky.social published by @charlesbridge.bsky.social. #picturebook #socialemotionallearning @picturebookseh.bsky.social

Reconciliation is an ongoing process, and our apology is part of my journey toward it. As a person of settler heritage, I see it as my responsibility to continue this work. I welcome the opportunity to listen, learn, grow community, and build bridges.

Groundwood Books@groundwoodbooks.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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THE CLOUD THAT STUCK will publish in one week on April 14, but you can read an excerpt in the @quillandquire.bsky.social magazine today! Written by me, illus. by @doroleung.bsky.social, coming from @charlesbridge.bsky.social! #kidlit #pictureboook #socialemotionallearning #SEL